UNHRC: Pakistani Christian activist highlights mistreatment of minorities

Joseph Jason, who represented the Jubilee Campaign while making an intervention during the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva highlighted the concern about Political workers, journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders from the minority community in Pakistan, reports ANI.

He said that human rights activists have been arbitrarily detained under the National Security Act under fabricated laws of Pakistan.

While informing the United Nations that minorities in Pakistan have been booked and charged under Blasphemy Law, Joseph was quoted as saying by ANI, “The Jubilee Campaign express its dismay over the fabricated blasphemy accusations, pre trial detention, unfair prosecutions, continuous threats and deliberate incitement of violence against minorities which have created a social distance from minorities in Pakistan leaving them intimidated and relocated.” 

He said, “The Jubilee Campaign is deeply concerned over the failure of the police to prevent mob violence against Christians on the pretext of fabricated accusations in Jaranwala and prevent the registration of multiple baseless complaints on blasphemy accusations against Christians in Sargoda.”